Chapter 1
It was past the middle of the Yin hour, and the lights in the Purple Palace were bright, like a huge lantern floating in the vast night sea. Below, the eunuchs and palace maids lined up in two rows, standing anxiously in the warm room, concentrating their attention and waiting for their master's orders.
Last night, the Emperor was furious over several memorials impeaching Prince Beichang, and did not fall asleep until late at night. The atmosphere in the palace was cold and gloomy.
Lin Nanjie was at the end of the team, so sleepy that tears were coming out of his eyes. He pretended to stare at the tip of his nose, holding his breath and concentrating, forcing a respectful expression.
Standing for a long time, the light in the corner of his eyes became more and more blurred. He Zhengzheng, who was promoted to be the attendant of the emperor, was swaying lightly beside him, and his blue robe was shaking, which made Lin Nanqi feel creepy.
Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. If you bump into him when he is angry, you might lose your head.
Lin Nanjie felt sorry for He Xiu for a moment, then felt sorry for himself. He was a college student who had just passed the civil service exam and had no chance to serve tea and water in front of the leader, but he had to be a servile servant in the palace. He carefully crossed his legs, felt a familiar presence in between, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, it's still here.
Every time I saw this horribly blue robe, I was so frightened that I thought my six senses were pure.
Then he thought, if he was found to have impure six senses, he would probably have to move his head. Lin Nanqi yawned sadly.
After yawning, Lin Nanqi secretly looked at the emperor of Daqi.
The warm room was spacious, with a floor-heated fire, and a bright yellow curtain between the inside and the outside, hung with golden hooks inlaid with colored glass. The emperor sat on a large Hainan Huanghuali wood dragon chair behind the curtain, his left hand on the table, his right hand holding a memorial, his eyes downcast, his brows furrowed, his face gloomy. The chief eunuch Wang Dehai was waiting on him carefully.
Lin Nanqi's train of thought was very strange: [It turns out that even the dog emperor would have dark circles under his eyes if he stayed up late. ]
On the Dragon Chair——
Li Chengqian was started and realized that he almost fell asleep just now.
Last night, he reviewed memorials until midnight, and had to go to court at 3 am He was so sleepy that he was seeing stars. However, as the emperor, he had no time to be lazy. Li Chenghuan was full of resentment. He even heard someone scolding him in his dream. Now he was particularly dissatisfied with everything he saw.
——Yes, the emperor also gets grumpy when he wakes up.
Li Chengzhen caught the Prince of Zhenbei and started to scold him: "This Prince of Beichang is so bold that he dared to privately support the government soldiers and withhold food and fodder!"
"I named him the King of Beichang, and he really thinks he is the king."
He was cursing so hard that he accidentally smashed the teacup into pieces. The palace maids who had come into the inner hall to serve him dared not utter a word. There was a cold and murderous aura, and they all fell to their knees on the ground.
Seeing the person in front kneeling, Lin Nanjie behind him also knelt down hurriedly.
He was afraid that he would kneel too late and be caught by the emperor as an example.
Lin Nanjie narrowed his eyes and complained madly in his heart: [How come you haven't finished scolding the dog emperor yet? You have been scolding for half an hour and you will be late for the court. Yu Shitai wanted to scold you in the first place, and you have to scold me even more since you are late.]
Li Chenghuan, who was angry, was shocked when he heard the voice unexpectedly.
Here it comes again, this sound comes again!
He could have pretended that the previous remark about the dog emperor not being a human being was just a dream, but this sentence was very clear and also mentioned Zushitai.
It's so audacious! Where is the royal dignity?
But the other people present did not react to this voice at all. Li Chenghuan's eyes, which had just been filled with anger because of political affairs, were now filled with surprise and doubt.
Li Chenghuan had heard this voice for three days. The voice was clear and even refreshing, but he still couldn't find the source. Other people didn't even react. It was very strange.
Only he can hear this sound.
Li Chenghuan's hawk-like eyes wandered over each eunuch. There were seven or eight eunuchs in the hall, all kneeling. The one on the far left was Wang Dehai. The old man next to him was now over 40 years old and would never have such a young voice.
All the other attendants had been purged, and the two newly promoted Shang Shi and Shang Fu were also familiar faces.
He then turned his gaze to the last two people, who were idle errands in the Purple Palace and did not have fixed tasks. One of them had a nervous look, and it was obvious that he had just entered the Purple Palace and had to pay his respects to the emperor every day with awe and reverence.
The person who is bold enough to call him "Dog Emperor" is definitely not a timid person.
Li Chengqian looked away and looked at another one——
He stood beside the purple-gold pillar of the palace, with his hands folded respectfully. His posture was considered polite, but his eyelids were glued together.
Li Chenghuan was unhappy. He was so angry last night that he didn't sleep at all. How could a servant actually doze off in his Zichen Palace? How disgraceful.
Just as he was about to start a fight, he took another look and saw -
The servant actually had a fair and beautiful face, with eyebrows and eyes painted in black, and a touch of agility in his handsomeness. He was thin and slender, and wore a plain black belt in his green eunuch uniform, which made this lowly servant look like a stalk of green onion.
——It's so fresh and tender that it catches the eye.
Li Chengqian waved his hand: "Who is that? Come here."
Lin Nanqi was startled when He Xiu pulled him. When he opened his eyes, he saw the emperor waving at him.
Call him?
Didn't you see him taking a nap?
Lin Nanzhen put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head, walked to Li Chenghuan in small steps, and knelt on the ground skillfully: "Your Majesty, I am here."
Li Chengqian lowered his head, looked at the obedient little attendant in front of him, and asked, "What's your name?"
"Lin Nanjie, Nan of Nanmu, Jie of Jiexi."
Li Chenghuan was a little surprised. This little eunuch had a very nice name.
There was no heartbeat, so Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little annoyed.
As an emperor, he would not allow anything to exist that was beyond his control, whether it was the court, the harem, or the supernatural. As a king, he had been taught by sages since childhood and shouldered the responsibility of the people. He should never be deceived by small words.
Li Chengqian felt that he was probably confused because of anger.
"Go to court." Li Chengqian left Lin Nanjie where he was and walked out with big strides.
A small servant was not worth his suspicion.
He Li was the last one to stand up. He quickly helped Lin Nanjie up and said, "Hurry up and follow me when the court is about to start."
Lin Nanjie's feet were a little weak, and he held his breath, his face flushed, and then he suddenly exhaled -
[Mom, why did the dog emperor suddenly cue me? I was so scared! Do you know that it is a foul to suddenly call the roll in the morning? ]
[Luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have been punished with at least ten strokes of the cane for my mistake.]
[If the dog emperor was in a bad mood, I might have been beheaded, snap! ]
Li Chenghuan's strides suddenly stumbled and he almost tripped over the doorstep. He held onto the majestic vermilion doorpost of the Purple Palace with a look of regret, and suddenly turned around to look at the young eunuch.
Lin Nanjie didn't know why he felt a chill on the back of his neck, and he quickly shrank back, only to meet Li Chengzhong's unusually complicated gaze.
His heart was stagnated for a moment, and after a breath, he gave the emperor a flattering smile.
Xin Yin couldn't hold back her tears: [What's going on? Why is the emperor so nervous today? Did he know that Prince Beichang was planning to secretly spread the news that the emperor was impotent? Or did he know that the princess secretly had a son behind her husband's back?]
Li Chengqian's expression slightly cracked. The Prince of Beichang said he was impotent? His elder sister, who was always dignified and dignified, was cheating on her husband?
If he were the previous emperor, he would have dragged out this servant who spread rumors and executed him at last!
Li Chenghuan silently said to himself, "I am not a tyrant," and walked forward expressionlessly and imposingly. He was the emperor, and he should not be confused by strange powers and supernatural powers.
***
Above the imperial court, the golden palace stands majestically with dragon energy lingering around its beams.
People in purple and red robes knelt on the ground. The most respected elders and the most distinguished ministers of Da Qi all knelt at the feet of the emperor.
Except for Wang Dehai, all the eunuchs were waiting outside the palace, and Lin Nanjie was no exception.
Li Chengqian sat on a dragon throne made of pure gold, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, looking noble and handsome, with narrow phoenix eyes looking down at the ministers under his feet. This group of the smartest and wisest people in the world were all under the emperor's command.
However, today he was somewhat irritated by that voice. Li Chengqian looked at everyone and said, "I'm sure you all know about the matter of the Prince of Beichang. What do you think, my dear ministers?"
Grand Secretary and Prime Minister Du Shangqing, who was over years old and had gray hair, bowed slightly and stepped out fifty of the line: "I think this matter is of great importance."
"The Prince of Beichang is so audacious that he secretly hid the armor and attempted rebellion. He should be executed according to the law!"
It's a pity that none of you can guard the border for me. Li Chengzhen was upset: "After all, the Prince of Beichang has fought for the country and the border forces are ready to make a move. If we kill the Prince of Beichang, who will guard the border?"
Below was a sea of “Your Majesty, please give your wise counsel”.
Li Chengqian's face turned pale, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.
At the side door outside the hall, Lin Nanqi stood quietly leaning against the wall, tears welling up in his eyes due to sleepiness.
He was a college student who had just graduated. He stayed up late at night to read a melodramatic novel, but he didn't expect to travel through time the next day.
This novel is a bloody stock trading story with a big mess of CPs. The protagonist is wavering between several men. Whoever the reader likes today, the author will change the male protagonist tomorrow, and the main theme is a death without distinction. ... But this is not the reason why Lin Nanjie stayed up late. Although the love line is bloody, the court part is detailed and wonderful, especially the emperor Li Chengqian who was cuckolded layer by layer, which almost monopolized all his laughs.
By the way, Li Chengqian is not the real male lead.
Maybe because he laughed so wickedly, he became a fake eunuch who worked diligently for the emperor. This eunuch had the same name as him, and his family was so poor that they could not even afford to eat, so he was sent to the palace to be a eunuch, and even became a sixth-rank attendant to the emperor.
Last night, he returned to his quarters after finishing his shift. Not long after he fell asleep, he was called away by Qian Wanliang, the Junior Supervisor of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Qian Wanliang is thirty-five years old. As his name suggests, he loves gold. He is an old-fashioned scoundrel in the imperial city. He has many disciples and grandchildren under him, and he takes advantage of them. The original owner was one of his disciples.
Lin Nanjie was still a naive college student. He had just traveled through time and forgot to go and show his filial piety. Last night, he was grabbed and had his shoulders massaged by Qian Wanli all night. His arms are still shaking.
Lin Nan clenched his fists in anger.
Society is so evil!
The sun has risen. In the cold winter, the air is finally a little warmer. Lin Nanjie rubbed his hands and squinted at the sun rising in the east. The sun was bright yellow, and the sun was clustered like a big fried egg.
It made him salivate.
He was no longer sleepy now, so he quietly moved towards the door and listened to what was happening inside.
Then I heard the conversation just now——
Lin Nanqi's mouth curled up in surprise: [Hiss - what a cruel heart you have! The Prince of Beichang has also made great contributions, and you just want to kill him? You just wanted to marry him but was rejected, is there any need to hold a grudge against him?]
Li Chengqian was stunned, and his eyes turned complicated when he looked at Du Shangqing. A loyal minister of the court actually married a general who was in charge of military power, and this matter had never reached his ears.
Du Shangqing continued, "The Prince of Beichang has always acted on his own, often killing people before reporting to the emperor. I'm afraid he has long been disloyal."
Several civil servants also came forward to impeach.
Li Chengqian looked down at the court officials and put down the memorial in his hand: "Lord Du, I remember that you have a daughter who is still unmarried. Do you have any family you like?"
Du Shangqing was stunned. He didn't expect the emperor to suddenly change his attitude and actually care about his family affairs. Could it be that his previous attempt to win over Prince Beichang was discovered?
Du Shangqing's heart suddenly started beating fast. Li Chenghuan's nonchalant expression instantly turned into one full of calculation in his eyes.
Du Shangqing's hand holding the tablet trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, yes, I have a daughter who is not married yet."
Li Chengqian smiled slightly and said, "A beautiful lady should be paired with a general. What do you think, my dear?"
Du Shangqing: "My lord...my lord..."
Lin Nanjie, who was eavesdropping outside, said: [Wow! Did I underestimate the dog emperor? He actually knew such gossip? He is indeed the man who owns the most powerful special forces battalion in Daqi - the Jinyiwei.]
Li Chengqian coughed softly and touched his nose.
Lin Nanjie: [It is said that when Du Gelao led the Prince of Beichang to the bathroom to take a bath, they were naked, rubbing each other's backs, without wearing a single piece of clothing. How could the Jinyiwei even peek at others taking a bath? ]
【When I go to the toilet...】
Not only Lin Nanjie thought so, Du Shangqing's eyes also dimmed.
Are the emperor's guards so powerful? Then wouldn't the three red moles on his butt have been noticed?
Du Shangqing shuddered all over and looked at the emperor with extreme disbelief.
Li Chenghuan held the armrest of the dragon chair with one hand, almost breaking the dragon head off, his expression slightly cracked.
Who has the time to spy on the ministers while they are bathing or going to the toilet!!!
He is suspicious but not perverted!!!
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "I think there are still many doubts about this matter. Let the Prince of Beichang return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year together."
"I will obey your command." Du Shangqing was very flustered.
"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to report?" Li Chengzhen felt that he had endured too much this morning.
"I have something to report. Your Majesty has few children, so he should have more children." The one who spoke was Minister Nian. His expression was diligent and earnest, and he was working hard for the future of the Great Zhou.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of other people in the court suddenly became a little subtle.
Wang Zhongcheng, the Imperial Secretary, could not help but stand up and said, "I heard that the Emperor wants to confer the title of Beauty on a brothel girl. Brothel girls are of such lowly status that how can they be taken into the harem? Even if a prince is born in the future, it will not be legitimate. I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"
【！ ！ ！】
Lin Nanqi instantly perked up.
[The dog emperor fell in love with a courtesan and wanted to take her into the palace, but unfortunately he had no right to do so, so he actually followed the example of Emperor Minghuang of Tang and placed the courtesan in the Taiqing Temple in the west of the city, and then allowed her to enter the palace as a lay Buddhist. Who knew that the news would spread like wildfire, and now all the civil and military officials in the court knew about it. ]
【hei——tui！ ！ 】
【What a shameless dog man! 】
Listening to Lin Nanjie scolding him eight hundred times in his heart, Li Chenghuan looked a little gloomy.
"Are all of you against this?"
Minister Liu of the Ministry of Works knelt on the ground with a loud thud, and said in a high and sad voice: "I second the motion! This brothel girl Huo Chaosong, her crime is unforgivable!!!"
Li Chenghuan was a little unhappy. He just married a woman, not disturbing his ancestors' graves. Was it that serious?
【Ohhhh! 】
Lin Nanjie's eyes lit up instantly.
[The courtesan was from the most luxurious Chunfeng Mingyue Tower in the capital, and her name was Xu Lanyin. Last year, her stunning dance became famous in the capital, and many officials in the court had seen it.]
[Hey, Minister Liu's son Liu Yuanji is Miss Xu's biggest fan, and he even wrote a widely circulated poem about beauty for her. Slender waist and graceful lotus, nocturne is seductive. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, if this gets to the ears of the dog emperor, he will definitely exile Master Liu to the border to feed wild geese.]
[No wonder Minister Liu knelt so firmly. This mattered to his black gauze hat and his son's life.]
The lotus waist is so tempting?
Li Chenghuan's face darkened, and he looked at Minister Liu kneeling on the ground with a somewhat unfriendly look. In the eyes of the public, he was the kind of incompetent ruler who could not distinguish right from wrong? He could not even tolerate a line of poetry?
Besides, he had never even seen what Xu Lanyin looked like. He brought her into the palace to use her for other purposes, but he would not punish important officials in the court for a beauty.
But isn't the son of Minister Liu famous for his virtue? He is said to be upright and serious, and very much like his father. How could he write such vulgar poems? I don't know how Minister Liu, such an old-fashioned man, could raise such a playboy and dissolute son.
【Ah!!! No wonder! No wonder!!!】
The voice became louder and louder, revealing an uncontrollable excitement. Li Chengqian subconsciously wanted to get angry, but he couldn't help wanting to hear what else the little eunuch knew.
[This Minister Liu is actually Miss Xu’s lover! ! ! ]
Li Chengxuan's hand once again grasped the golden dragon mouth on the armrest of the dragon chair, his eyes widened due to the shock. Wasn't Minister Liu not interested in women? He remembered that one year at a palace banquet, a maid accidentally fell and held Minister Liu's arm, but he pushed her away and ruthlessly blamed the maid for not caring about the distinction between men and women and violating royal etiquette, and insisted on punishing her.
[Hiss! Minister Liu’s habit…]
Lin Nanqie was hesitant to speak, and Li Chengqian was very upset when he heard it.
What hobbies?
He had long thought that Minister Liu was too old-fashioned, always talking about the Confucian principles of his ancestors, which made his ears ring. He never expected that he was a two-faced person in private.
[Every time he paid a large sum of money to see Miss Xu, it was just to... drink with the shoes that the beauty had worn! ]
Li Chengqian looked stunned, his mouth opened in a state of confusion.
Drinking out of worn shoes?
Minister Liu below was spitting everywhere.
Li Chengqian felt like vomiting.
Minister Liu denounced the harm that brothel girls brought to the royal family word by word, and even bluntly stated that he had to drag Concubine Xu and behead her in order to preserve the innocence of the royal family.
Li Chenghuan sneered. In order to cover up his perverted hobby and keep his black veil hat, he had to shout for war?
Is he just a decoration as an emperor?
The court officials only heard a sneer coming from the dragon chair, mocking Laman.
Minister Liu's lengthy speech was instantly choked in his throat, like a clucking rooster with its throat strangled, which was extremely funny.
He raised his eyes tremblingly to look at the emperor's face, and saw that the emperor was staring at him coldly.
Minister Liu stammered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, what Minister Liu said is true. Even if Your Majesty really likes that woman, you must not bring her into the palace. Your Majesty must not damage the reputation of the royal family because of a momentary obsession!" Wang Zhongcheng advised.
【Tsk!】Lin Nanjie sneered in his heart.
Li Chengqian's ears twitched.
[What temporary love, what indulging in tenderness, the dog emperor is just a bit like you. Scumbag! ]
What is this? Li Chengqian was completely confused. But the scumbag understood, and was so bold that he dared to scold the emperor!
Lin Nanjie was full of excitement: [The dog emperor accidentally got a portrait of Xu Lanyin, who looked three points similar to Shen Liuzheng. Just because of this three points of resemblance, he brought her into the palace, just to make Miss Shen jealous.]
[However, the news in the palace was known in time, and some people who were busy with gossip went to Xu Lanyin to say that she was not even as good as the daughter of the Xie family, in order to make Xu Lanyin feel ashamed.]
[Who would have known that Concubine Xu was not moved at all, because she had someone she loved and didn't like the emperor at all hahahahahaha! ]
Li Chenghuan's eyes were shaken, and his face became darker and darker.
Wang Zhongcheng was under increasing pressure as he made his remonstrances, but he had no choice but to continue speaking.
[Eh! Wait!] Lin Nan gasped.
[A lunatic climbed over the wall and broke into Miss Xu's bedroom! ]
[Taiqing Temple is not like the imperial palace with high walls and deep courtyards, and it is not heavily guarded. The madman simply found an empty corner, climbed over the wall, and went straight to Miss Xu. Ah! It was Brother Poet Liu Yuanji! ]
[Liu Yuanji was holding Lady Xu's hand and said, "Good lady, come with me, and I will give you a lifetime of wealth and glory."]
[How could Lady Xu be any match for an adult man, pulling and tugging, panting and begging.]
[Liu Yuanji wanted to take Xu Lanyin away, but Xu Lanyin disagreed. Liu Yuanji immediately used his ultimate move: "Your Majesty! He is impotent! You will not be happy with him!!!"]
Li Chengqian's expression was horrified and he grabbed the dragon's head.
The court was arguing at a fever pitch when the emperor's face turned livid, his eyes filled with anger. He slapped the dragon head hard, flicked his sleeves and walked out of the court.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The emperor was actually driven away by anger?
Wang Zhongcheng quietly asked Xiang Feng, "Master, are we trying to persuade him too much?"
Old Feng Ge stroked his beard and sighed in a pretentious manner: "It's just one woman. The emperor is not the kind of person who indulges in women. Otherwise, forget it."
"But..."
Sir, you have also visited Xu Lanyin at Chunfeng Mingyue Tower!
***
After the court session, the anxious servant of the Liu family finally heard Minister Liu: "Master, it's bad! The young master ran away! He ran towards the Taiqing Temple in the west of the city!!!"
Minister Liu's eyes went dark, and his blood rushed up: "Ah——!"
God wants him to die! God wants the Liu family to die!
He shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Carriage! Go to Taiqing Temple!"
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